A/N: Sooooo... I hate these, but I'm doing one. Can anyone say Hypocrite? Ugh... But I have a legit reason for wanting to do this.

I need your opinions.

I have a few ideas for a new story, (Heads Up: They'll all be involving Shelby.) And I wanted to know what you all thought about which one I should start, or whether or not i should start them at all. Anyway... Here we go.

1) A werewolf story! : Only this one is, family wise, set up like Safe and Sound. There Mama Shelby, Older sibling Noah, Santana, Blaine. But Rachel has a twin sister, Rhea (Pronounced Ree-a). Rachel's a wolf, the only one with an active gene, and because of that she had to leave with Daddy Leroy when she was eight. It'll skip a few years later to when they'll all teens, and in this story Wolves are seen as 'God's Creatures', and Vampires are the 'evil ones'. War breaks out, and stuff happens.

2) Why hello there Maureen Johnson! Yep, a RENT crossover. Only instead of Maureen having been Shelby in the past, it's Maureen is Shelby younger twin sister. Maureen is jealous of 'perfect Shelby', and when they are both at home (The whole family will be involved, and I'm thinking I'll bring in some of the gang from RENT not immediately, but eventually), Maureen finds out about Rachel. Now Maureen wants to have something over her older sister, so she seeks out Rachel and bonds with her. Rachel starts to change, imitating her aunt and running away to live in New York with Maureen. Maureen may seem like a real bitch and somewhat evil, but she's not.

3) The cliche 'Shelby Corcoran-Huge broadway star with a family who wanted to contact Rachel at 18 but things go haywire' story. Only Rachel will be OOC, as in popular, cheerleader to boot, who doesn't sing in public much but is a huge broadway fan. There would be more too it, but I wouldn't want to give it all away, as I can't see a way to summarize this.

So those are my ideas, I'm sorry for the delay in chapters (Year 11's really stressing me out) and I may be realy very very busy in the next few weeks, but I will try. To make up for getting your hopes up, I have written a new chapter, and I know it's short, but that's because of the pov it's written in.

Hope you like it. Sorry again.

Chapter Eleven

Sleep was a given for Shelby these days. The majority of her time was spent curled up in a ball, tucked under the covers of her daughter's bed with the small purple blanket Rachel had had since she was born. She'd stare at the wall, the framed photo of her and Rachel gripped in her hand and tear tracks cascading down her face.

The sound of her mother's voice ushering the kids to the table for dinner would drift in from the dining room, echoing in her head.

"You know what Noah? I think it looks great. And when she... When Rachel gets back, I think she's going to love your drawing."

"Can I go show Momma?"

"Not.. Not now sweetie. She's very tired, and you need to eat your dinner."

"Momma's sad, isn't she Nana."

"Why do you think that Santi?"

"Because she was crying. You only cry when you're sad, or you want something. That's what Rachie says... Is she sad cause Rachie's gone away? Or cause she wants something?"

"Santi... Momma's sad, yes. And she does want something. But it's not Rachie's fault honey."

"When's Rachie coming back?"

"I'm... I don't know Noah. Come on, let's get you some food."

Shelby would bury her head in to Rachel's pillow, tears springing to her eyes.

She hated herself. Why hadn't she been watching Rachel? What if Noah had been taken as well? It was all her fault. She felt guilty. She felt heartbroken. She felt useless.

Just like now. Sitting in the waiting room, her heel tapping against the floor as she watched the clock, counting down as the minute hand slowly reached the two hour mark.

She turned to look at the door, frowning in concern when the door didn't immediately open. She knew something had happened. Something big. That was why she scheduled an emergency session with Miranda on Saturday.

What was taking her so long?

Finally the door opened, Rachel stepping out with red eyes and a pat to the back from Miranda.

"It's okay Rachel. We'll keep going."

Rachel nodded, looking up at her mom then down again. Her feet dragged as she passed Shelby, sitting in the seat as Miranda watched with a small barely noticeable smile. Shelby looked back at her daughter as she approached the other woman, raising an eyebrow after turning from Rachel.

"What happened? Something's different."

Miranda looked at her, her mouth opening to speak when she stopped mid-word. Changing her mind, she shook her head.

"Rachel... Doesn't want me to say anything. For the first time, and I'm sorry about this, but I'm going to have to cite patient-doctor confidentiality."

Shelby stared at Miranda, turning to look at Rachel and then back to the doctor.

"I... What?"

Miranda shrugged, smiling sympathetically and placing her hand on Shelby's shoulder.

"I'm sorry, but I think... Rachel may be ready to move on now, and I don't want, and I know you certainly don't want, Rachel to take this large a step forward, only to fall right back to where she was six, even eight years ago."

Shelby, still somewhat shocked and slightly upset, nodded, waving at Miranda distractedly before turning on her heel and taking Rachel's hand.

Why hadn't Rachel told her anything?

A/N: Once again I apologize for the Massive A/N up the top. If you review, please also review the actual chapter content, not just the A/N, after all, that's what the Chapter is here for. Thanks, laters.